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sultriness

sultriness noun: the state or quality of being sultry.

Noun

sultriness (usually uncountable, plural sultrinesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being sultry.
    • All I Need, Sylvester's most recent album, is first rate. Here is a dance record that doesn't forget it's a dance record: it delivers! From the easy sultriness of the title cut to the libidinous urgency of "Hard Up," the seven selections […] have your foot tapping and your body jumping.1983 April 9, Charles Fuller Jr., “Sylvester Sparkles”, in Gay Community News, page 10

sultriness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

sultriness in Hindi

sultriness
घाम ghām

sultriness in Tamil

புழுக்கம், உப்புசம்

sultriness in Urdu

گھمس, حبس

sultriness in Kannada

ಉಮರು, ಡಗೆ, ದಗೆ
More languagesFewer languages
sultriness in Punjabi
ਹੁੰਮ੍ਹ hummhă, ہمھ hummh, ਚੁਮਾਸਾ cumāsā, ਵੱਟ vaṭṭa

Forms of sultriness

pluralsultrinesses

Origin of sultriness

From sultry + -ness.

Questions about sultriness

What does sultriness mean?
Sultriness means the state or quality of being sultry.
What is sultriness in Hindi?
Sultriness in Hindi is घाम (ghām). See Sultriness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sultriness?
Sultriness is a noun.
What is the plural of sultriness?
The plural of sultriness is sultrinesses.

Words near sultriness in the dictionary

  1. sultrie
  2. sultriecin
  3. sultrier
  4. sultriest
  5. sultrily
  6. sultriness
  7. sultrinesses
  8. sultropen
  9. sultry
  10. sultân
  11. sultâns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sultriness (page history and authors); घाम (Hindi) (page history and authors); sultriness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sultriness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sultriness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ہمھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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